74th Locarno Film Festival 2021
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- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsElina LöwensohnPaula LunaVimala PonsA chimeric future on After Blue, a planet from another galaxy, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna. The story is of a punitive expedition.
- DirectorGhassan SalhabStarsAli SulimanYumna MarwanA man and a woman are in a restaurant situated in the Lebanese mountains. Suddenly, fighter planes appear and in the distance, war seems to be breaking once more. Having lost the woman, the man looks for her, finding her on the other side of the mountain. Together, they sink deeper into nature, which becomes increasingly spectral, just like the slender thread that ties them together.
- DirectorChema García IbarraStarsNacho FernándezLlum ArquesJoanna ValverdeWhen the leader of a UFO association dies unexpectedly, José Manuel becomes the only person who knows a secret that could alter the fate of humanity. Meanwhile, a young girl goes missing in Spain.
- DirectorNatalya KudryashovaStarsAnastasiya KrasovskayaYura BorisovDarius GumauskasA story of a young woman whose soul remembers the metaphysical perfection it witnessed before becoming embodied. Now, against the canvas of the modern world it seems like a film defect.
- DirectorBonifacio AngiusStarsBonifacio AngiusStefano DeffenuMichele MancaA reunion among old friends. A remote house in a forgotten valley. Many memories, bullets, and love stories from the abyss.
- DirectorQiu JiongjiongStarsTao GuNan GuanQiao HuThe leading clown role in a renowned theatre troupe passes on, and is welcomed into the Underworld. As he relives his vivid memories one last time before entering the afterlife, 50 years of art, struggle and love play out against the background of 20th century China’s tumultuous history.
- DirectorAbba MakamaC.J. 'Fiery' ObasiMichael OmonuaStarsBelinda Agedah YangaPaul UtomiElvis PokoA three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend, written and directed by the Nigerian new wave cinema collective known as Surreal16.
- DirectorAurélia GeorgesStarsLyna KhoudriSabine AzémaMaud WylerNelie takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at Madame de Lengwil's house, to become the reader of this wealthy woman.
- DirectorHannes Þór HalldórssonStarsAuðunn BlöndalEgill EinarssonSverrir Þór SverrissonIceland's toughest cop will stop at nothing to solve a string of violent bank robberies. But when he is forced to take on a new partner, the pressures of solving the case prove too much for the tough-as-nails renegade.
- DirectorPeter BrunnerStarsSusanne JensenFranz RogowskiTheo BlaicknerA man with the mental faculties of a child must save his mother, thereby becoming god and devil.
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsGoran NavojecKsenija MarinkovicBojan NavojecThe spectacular story of main character Stojan is a satire divided into three episodes, in which the long line to God and edible works of art play a role alongside hypocritical halos.
- DirectorAxelle RopertStarsJade SpringerLéa DruckerPhilippe KaterineA young girl surrounded by love but also caught in her parents' break up, and the impact of their divorce on her own search for love.
- DirectorEdwinStarsMarthino LioLadya CherylReza RahadianIn a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it.
- DirectorNeus BallúsStarsMohamed MellaliValero EscolarPep SarràA peculiar team of three handymen has to face a series of eccentric clients. Their everyday job becomes a surrealist and exhilarating experience.
- DirectorLorenz MerzStarsArt BllacaPablo CaprezLolita ChammahYoung father Gabriel takes care alone of his son. When he falls in love with enigmatic Corey, a state of emergency is declared - wild animals are on the run and life becomes utterly existential.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsEthan HawkeCristina ChiriacPhil NeilsonAn American soldier stationed in Rome with the Vatican blown up, embarks on a hero's journey to uncover and defend against an unknown enemy threatening the entire world.
- DirectorKit ZauharStarsIsabelle BarbierGabrielle RichardsonFraser JonesA girl in her final week of college goes to great lengths to win the affections of a boy from her home town of Philadelphia and ends up having to confront her escalating anxieties about her love life, family and future.
- DirectorAraceli LemosStarsAbigael LomaHasmine KillipEirini InglesiA young Filipina searches for the missing links between her strange bleeding condition and her faraway mother's healing powers.
- DirectorKofi Ofosu-YeboahStarsBriggitte AppiahDavid KluRicky AdelayitorWhen reticent Ama returns to the city where she was gifted to a white art collector as a little girl, the quest to reclaim her stolen childhood quickly goes into a tailspin when she recruits an ex-lover on her mission.
- DirectorFrancesco MontagnerJabir, Usama and Useir are three young Bosnian brothers, born into a family of shepherds. They grew up in the shadow of their father, Ibrahim, a strict, radical Islamist preacher. When Ibrahim gets sentenced to two years in prison, for war participation and terrorism, the three brothers are suddenly left on their own.
- DirectorHleb PapouStarsMaurizio BoussoGiacomo CiarrapicoMarco FalaguastaDaniel, the only African-Italian officer in Rome's riot police, is forced to evict an apartment building with 150 families, including his own.
- DirectorCarlo Francisco ManatadStarsCharo Santos-ConcioDaniel PadillaRans RifolIn the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, in the Philippines, a young man is searching for a missing significant other as other storm approaches.
- DirectorJose Pablo EscamillaStarsFrancisco BarreiroAlexandra CuetoSalvador de la GarzaWhen Alexandra disappears before his eyes, Lucas must deal with a corrupt system. His visions decay, just like the monster that imprisons them.
- DirectorSabrina SarabiStarsSaskia RosendahlRick OkonGodehard GieseCows and nothing but fields. 24-year-old Christin lives on the farm of her long-term boyfriend Jan in Mecklenburg. Their relationship is loveless. Time seems to stand still - until 46-year-old engineer Klaus turns up.
- DirectorIrfana MajumdarStarsJaihind KumarShreeja MishraAdwik MathurThe friendship between a little girl born into a privileged family and a village man who is the family servant.
- DirectorMarí AlessandriniStarsLara TortosaSantos CurapilCirilo WesleyMora is 13 years old and intends to become a "gaucho". She questions school and asserts her individuality towards her parents, two environmentalists from Italian-speaking Switzerland whose dream of autonomy turns into a nightmare.
- DirectorFrancis Vogner Dos ReisStarsCarolina CastanhoGlauber AmaralCarlos EscherA tale about the apocalypse of the working class.
- DirectorMajid Al-RemaihiStarsMajid Al-RemaihiTala KaddouraRehana KhanFilmed on an abandoned fishermen village of Northern Qatar, 'And Then They Burn the Sea' is an ode to the filmmaker's living mother whose memories abruptly left her during the making of the film. Al-Remaihi ruminates on an experience of familial loss of that which cannot be defined but is deeply felt by pairing existing family archives with reenacted dreams. Weaving a myriad of poetry, folk history, and personal archives, the film mirrors a history of maternal mourning rituals that lament their loved ones who may never be returned by the sea. Created in DFI's Short Documentary Lab with Rithy Panh.
- DirectorKim TorresStarsSimon DalzellNello RiveroWhen a mysterious light invades socially awkward Lila, she encounters its source: a cyborg who comes to remind her who she was in a past life.
- DirectorFengrui ZhangStarsHuang DeyuanYan JianghongIn the recently westernized Putian area, Dongdong reluctantly follows in his father footsteps, Song, a fisherman working to make ends meet, but with sudden envy and longing for more and something different, he turns to Christmas, a pillar of the American dream. On Christmas eve, he asks his father for new sneakers, hoping that his enthusiasm might make his wishes come true. All he truly wants is to be like his friend, whose parents are wealthy and able to send him to school in America. Song brushes his son's words aside. Seeing as they can barely survive on their meek fishing business, Dongdong's needs have no stake in their lives; the only thing that matters is his ability to take over his father's trade. However, Dongdong, determined to aspire to a greater life than that established and prescribed to him by his father and culture, decides to disappear. Song, deeply loving his son and now regretting his lack of sympathy towards him goes looking for him, but no one has seen him. No one can help him because no one has ever or will ever see him or his son. As fishermen, they are at the bottom of the pecking order, invisible to most, systemically cast aside and doomed to repeat this cycle generation after generation. Has Dongdong escaped this narrow fate or will he come back once he's hungry again?
- DirectorLeonardo MartinelliStarsDennis PinheiroSilvero PereiraJoão is a delivery man who dreams of having a motorcycle. He was told that everything would be like a musical film.
- DirectorNicolaas SchmidtStarsAaron HilmerFynn GrossmannTwo boys meet on a train ride. Something is born - not much and yet everything.
- DirectorSimone BozzelliStarsMarzia BarbarossaAndrea MontiniFrancesco PalmieriA mother wants to play with her son who won't speak to her. A boy wants to find out what his friend is giving to a girl who is more slender than him. A cat has disappeared. But these are only games.
- DirectorMyriam Uwiragiye BiraraStarsMickal UwihirweYves KijyanaCecile KakuzeA young woman goes back to her native village fleeing from an abusive marriage and looking for emotional support. However, she will find herself facing the hostile attitude of her family and social norms ruling what a real woman should be.
- DirectorEliane Esther BotsStarsAlma Imamovic-IvanovBesmir FidahicNenad Popovic PopsA short experimental film about the piercing experiences of three interpreters of the Yugoslavia Tribunal in The Hague and their position as a channel between speakers and listeners, witnesses and defendants, judges and attendees.
- DirectorAlexis LangloisStarsJustine LangloisLioNana BenamerDorothy's a film director and a bit of a loser. One night, fueled up on Heineken, she lets loose on her script when a call from her producer kills her buzz: enough with the queer comedies, it's time to start making mainstream films. To avoid sinking to the deepest depths of despair, Dorothy seeks comfort in her favorite TV show Romy the Vampire Slayer. Unfortunately, her own demons show up.
- DirectorDiana Cam Van NguyenStarsLinh DuongMája Hong NhungLe Hoai TrungA short film about ties and gaps between a child and a parent. The author rediscovers letters her dad used to write her from prison. That love seems to be gone now. She decides to write back in hope to find the connection again. She puts in writing what could not be said: blaming him for family's break-up but also trying to understand.
- DirectorNava RezvaniStarsKatayoon SalekiHouman HosseyniA young woman unwillingly undergoes cosmetic surgery on her face only for the sake of her boyfriend, but the man is not happy with the final result. This will lead the girl through a process of rediscovery of herself.
- DirectorAhmad SalehStarsHiam AbbassRafia Al HussainSalma SalehNight has to trick the mother of the missing child into sleeping to save her soul.
- DirectorOlha ZhurbaStarsBohdan ZenchenkoDmytro BuchekIhor OliynykAn immersive insight into the last hours of 13-year-old Sasha's life in a boarding school for children deprived of parental care. He is one of the luckiest - an American family finally adopted him. Today he will move to another country forever but there's something that doesn't let him go.
- DirectorSok ChanradoKongkea VannStarsMony RosLong MeachLina RyVibol and his brother Kea sell noodles on a motorized cart every night on the streets of Phnom Penh. They often face troublesome threats from gangsters and thieves, even if these very people are their only customers. As the city is growing around them, they consider their unstable income and imagine a different future.
- DirectorTulapop SaenjaroenStarsNapat ShinawatraAmonsiri YamakuptPloy ThammapiranonBy rethinking and redefining the term 'movement' through psychological, physical or political understandings, Squish. is a meditation on the self through lurid and liquid forms, filtered through both old and foreseeable technology informed by Thai animation history and contemporary culture, and a constant process of constructing and deforming new selves to simulate 'movements'.
- DirectorSpela CadezStarsMarusa MajerMarko MandicMatej LavrencicThe steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc's stomach is rumbling. But Liza's co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?
- DirectorSiyou TanStarsRachel LoongTaylor Yin Meng OngXener GillIn Singapore, where even vapes are illegal, three rebellious schoolgirls are caught smoking by the principal. Their revenge prank takes a sinister turn.
- DirectorNicolas GebbeA secluded beach location, the perfect partner, the most exclusive hotel: that's the life of your dreams. Join an eerie trip into the luxurious world of unfulfilled dreams, nostalgia, desire and catch a unique glimpse through the polished facades of a world shaped by abundance and the reality-distorting imagery of social media.
- DirectorGiselle LinStarsWendy ZhuoPeter YuIris LiA mother, trapped in the comfort of memory and mourning, confronts her grief when she is invited to the wedding of her late son's childhood sweetheart.
- DirectorNaomi PacifiqueStarsMarina DoraHugo KoolschijnRam MendozaNights are long inside Naomi and Ram's room. Tonight, they've invited Marina over and their messy space is under scrutiny.
- DirectorNora LongattiStarsJeff Nsingi AmbassiFhunyue GaoJulian GyphensA young person challenges her daily grind with the peculiar habit, to get in touch with strangers.
- DirectorLuka PopadicStarsJane SlavinRyan WhittleNATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. James, a young journalist on his first deployment abroad, is faced with the absurd reality of news production and is forced to choose between his career and his moral code.
- DirectorLoïc HobiStarsLucas FaulongArcadi RadeffLéa GigonNoah is invited by his best friend Ethan to take part in the expeditions he organizes with his gang in the depths of the subway. In this in-between world, where they compete to find their place, Ethan will challenge the teenagers to jump over the rails before the train arrives. For Noah, risking his life seems to be the only way to be accepted and, above all, to exist in Ethan's eyes.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIlinca ManolacheSerban PavluBased on an idea by Eisenstein, who dreamt of composing the 101 poses of Robert Macaire - a popular French character epitomizing the unscrupulous swindler - as represented in the 101 lithographs of the series Caricaturana by Honoré Daumier. First, a montage of the gestures as Eisenstein envisaged. Then, original texts are added to the caricatures. And finally, we took the liberty to use them as a commentary to some current news.
- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsClaudine BaschetChristophe BierEmmanuel BrugheraIn a living forest, an androgynous creature is pursued by beings seemingly sent by the god Pan.
- DirectorYann GonzalezStarsRomy AlizéeFrance BaiseJulie BrémondA rainy city, a foggy night. Lust lurks in a dark alleyway lit by flickering neon as bodies fuse to the sounds of a haunting sax.
- DirectorPatrick BresnanIvete LucasStarsBear LopezOn the night before Christmas, a warehouse of workers in Austin TX rush to process newspapers for delivery before driving out to trace the desolate streets delivering to their few and far between customers.
- DirectorSalomé LamasStarsAna MoreiraCarloto CottaTomás Antunes"During my cleaning duties, I examined the belongings of each guest of the hotel and observed, through the details, lives that will remain unknown", says the temporary chambermaid in a large seaside hotel. Hotel Royal is a fragmented and incomplete mosaic of contemporary society. It could be defined as a film about the horrors of the soul, of voyeurs or simply misfits.
- DirectorRok BicekStarsGabrijel DolenecDavid IvanovicKarlo ZganecTwo best friends spend an afternoon on a football field, dreaming of making it to the local football team. But dreams come with a price: when a group of older boys interrupts their game, one of them will see it as an opportunity to prove himself, while the other one senses something more sinister is at play.
- DirectorFerdinando Cito FilomarinoStarsJohn David WashingtonBoyd HolbrookVicky KriepsFollowing a tragic car accident in Greece, an American tourist finds himself at the center of a dangerous political conspiracy and on the run for his life.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsRyan ReynoldsJodie ComerTaika WaititiWhen Guy, a bank teller, learns that he is a non-player character in a bloodthirsty, open-world video game, he goes on to become the hero of the story and takes the responsibility of saving the world.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAl PacinoRobert De NiroVal KilmerA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsMurathan MusluLiv Lisa FriesMax von der GroebenWhen an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial-killer to justice.
- DirectorJohn SwabStarsJosh HartnettFrank GrilloMelissa LeoIda "Red" Walker may not survive her terminal illness while incarcerated for armed robbery. She turns to her son, Wyatt, for one last job and a chance to regain her freedom.
- DirectorStefan JägerStarsMaresi RiegnerMax HubacherJulia JentschHanna Leitner, wants to escape the bourgeois corset and her husband Anton, who sexually harasses her. She goes into therapy with Otto Gross and follows him to Monte Verità, where she discovers the fascination of photography.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiKaren AllenTom HulceAt a 1962 college, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
- DirectorLiesl TommyStarsJennifer HudsonForest WhitakerMarlon WayansFollowing the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
- DirectorAurélie SaadaStarsFrançoise FabianAure AtikaGrégory MontelRose, 78, has just lost her most beloved husband. When her grief gives way to a powerful impulse of life that makes her realize that she can still redefine herself as a woman, the whole balance of the family is upset.
- DirectorJi-hoon KimStarsCha Seung-wonKim Seong-gyoonLee Kwang-sooA working class family move into a new condo purchased after 11 years of hard work. They throw a housewarming party to show his co-workers when overnight a heavy downpour creates an extremely deep sinkhole that engulfs the entire building.
- DirectorBassel GhandourStarsEmad AzmiBaraka RahmaniMonzer ReyahnahA crime caper set in the labyrinthine alleys of East Amman where a blackmailing voyeur sets off a series of unintended events, causing the lives of residents to collide and spiral into chaos.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonMichael BiehnA human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsDario ArgentoFrançoise LebrunAlex LutzThe last days of an elderly couple stricken by dementia.
- DirectorAlessandro RakStarsCiro PrielloFabiola BalestriereLina SastriA tale partly inspired by the optimistic spirit reflected in the eponymous silver half dollar issued by the Unites States Mint from 1916 to 1947.
- DirectorDaniele MisischiaStarsTobia De AngelisPasquale PetroloAmanda CampanaA teenage nerd flipping through a comic sees parallels between the story and real life horrors in the village where he lives.He and a few friends seek to investigate.
- DirectorRob JabbazStarsBerant ZhuRegina LeiYing-Ru ChenA young couple trying to reunite amid a city ravaged by a plague that turns its victims into deranged, bloodthirsty sadists.
- DirectorKeat Aun ChongStarsJojo GohSeason CheeHong Herr WongCheong, a Chinese man, falls sick after a row with his neighbour. His wife Yan is desperately looking for a remedy to cure her husband. Throughout the journey, Yan endures strange encounters and unearthly experiences. Finally, Yan is convinced that she should seek help from the village shaman. Mysteries, legends and shamanism surround Yan with unknowns yet to be solved.
- DirectorAlyx Ayn G. ArumpacStarsCiriaco Santiago IIIJomariOrly FernandezWhen Rodrigo Duterte is voted president of the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery of death to execute suspected drug dealers, users, and small time street criminals. ASWANG follows people whose lives entwine with the growing violence.
- DirectorMattie DoStarsYannawoutthi ChanthalungsyVilouna PhetmanyPor SilatsaAn old Laotian hermit discovers that the ghost of a road accident victim can transport him back in time fifty years to the moment of his mother's painful death.
- DirectorPhuttiphong AroonphengStarsAphisit HamaWanlop RungkumjadRasmee WayranaNear a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, who does not speak a word, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life - his house, his job and his ex-wife.
- DirectorMaung SunStarsKhin Khin HsuOkkar Dat KheKo ThuWai Bhone, a young film director, has to overcome the tough realities in order to direct his debut film. The hard worked scenario is criticised and undermined by the unpretentious censorship of the authorities. The film producers constantly pressure for lack of money, and even casting actors to the unfamous director is not an easy task. With the help of friends and relatives, the hardly prepared film production begins at last. However, an accident occurs in which an expensive camera is dropped. To fix the broken camera and to escape the difficult life, he even thinks of robbing the bank and he starts to plan. The debut film of Maung Sun satirizes the life of an artist based on events in Myanmar's modern history.
- DirectorKim Quy BuiStarsViet Son LeThu Trang NguyenTrung Kien NguyenFeeling that his end is near, a father seeks extreme measures to guarantee that his mentally disabled son would continue the family lineage.
- DirectorIan AllardyceBat-Amgalan LkhagvajavBat-Amgalan LkhagvajavStarsDulguun BayasgalanNomin-Erdene MunkhbatAny number of superlatives describe Mongolia's capital; most remote, fastest growing, coldest and hippest. Ulaanbaatar is the loudest city you've never heard. Two young Mongolian musicians discover identity, purpose and love whilst creating the music of the city.
- DirectorKamila AndiniStarsThaly Titi KasihIda Bagus Putu Radithya MahijasenaAyu LaksmiA young girl seeks out imaginative ways to cope with the death of her twin brother.
- DirectorLomorpich RithyStarsChansreyden KongDavid Sophy RongSocheat CheaIn a modern Cambodian high-school, a teenage girl on a quest to discover her first kiss puts her friendship with her childhood friend on the line when an unexpected crush comes into the fray. Amid unexplored emotions of first love, tensions bring to light troubling secrets that will disturb her balance between love, friendship and family.
- DirectorSonny CalventoStarsAngelina KanapiPhyllis Grae GrandeBob JbeiliSalesgirl discovers the ultimate secret to regularization.
- DirectorCris BringasSolitary men in a roomy but empty cinema, ubiquitous smartphones, and pop-up sexual intimations coalesce in a raunchy yet incisive portrait of Manila's evolving queer space.
- DirectorVu Minh NghiaPham Hoang Minh ThyStarsLe Binh GiangVu Chau Khanh VyTrung Tran AnhMay nhu'ng khong mu'a is a modern tale of Kafka in Vietnam-a country in the middle of a transformation. The film feels like a piece of cultural news with daily events: a wedding, traffic congestion, a robbery, a mystical metamorphosis and a love story.
- DirectorLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirStarsAzzaya MunkhbatDulguun GanbaatarSarangerel SukhbaatarA troubled girl is coerced into seeing a local shaman. Trapped by ancient beliefs that serve only to pacify her mother, she finds peace in the physical realm by unleashing her repressed, youthful spirit on the unsuspecting shaman.
- DirectorSreylin MeasStarsSarita RethMonysak SouTwo women from different backgrounds encounter one another at an oceanfront resort and discover a hidden bond that ties them together, allowing them to escape from their realities.
- DirectorSarah WinkenstetteStarsYoran LeicherAnna KönigAndreas NicklA bullied 12-year-old boy bonds over soccer with a 11-year-old Syrian refugee.
- DirectorFrancesco DafanoLuca Della GrottaStarsChristian IansanteRoberto StocchiAlessandro CarloniBoxes, bottles, cans. Garbage. Abandoned, ignored, inert. Until nightfall. Slim is a resigned cardboard box. but his fate changes when a kid toy box, Spark, involves him and his pals in an adventure that will change their life forever.
- DirectorAbas AramStarsAsiye BanitabaAmirhossein MalakoutikhanAva Mohammadithis project is a long movie (114 min) . main role of movie is Frhad- a 12-year-old living her mother and 6-year-old sister in a village call Nohooj.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonHoward TruesdaleKathleen MyersWith little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
- DirectorSaeed Taji FaroukyStarsZim Ko AungThein ShweHtwe TinIn the Magway region of Myanmar, a country home to one of the oldest petroleum industries in the world, live husband and wife Thein Shwe and Htwe Tin. Running an unregulated oil field, they produce a barrel every few days. They wish above all else to see their youngest son succeed, to break the cycle of poverty.
- DirectorTomasz WysokinskiStarsJeremaiah MarobyaneChildren are disappearing frequently in South Africa. Often there are organized business, local conspiracy of silence and chilling stories behind it. Jerry, who has been fighting his demons since childhood, makes an attempt to find a girl from Soweto, kidnapped several years ago. The path that the protagonist has to follow leads through slums and murky streets, as well as in the footsteps of apartheid, local religious cults and personal memories. Conquered by the hypnotic music of Pawel Mykietyn, this private investigation, and at the same time a deep inner journey, will lead us to the very heart of darkness.
- DirectorYong Chao Lee'The Bad Man' is a documentary of the life story of a violent and bloodthirsty young man from Kachin, Myanmar, who casually discusses killing as if it were not his own story. His past of a non-voluntary, military life has cost him a great deal and completely changed his post-military life. With all the wounds and experiences, he is now considering which path to take for the future.
- DirectorArami UllonStarsMateo Sobode ChiquenoJose IquebiFollows Mateo Sobode Chiqueno and his recorded stories, songs and testimonies of his Ayoreo people on an old tape recorder.
- DirectorNiccolò CastelliStarsMatilda De AngelisHelmi DridiAngelo BisonThe long and painful fight of Allegra, the only survivor of a terrorist attack that took the life of her three friends.
- DirectorRamon ZürcherSilvan ZürcherStarsHenriette ConfuriusLiliane AmuatUrsina LardiLisa is moving out. Mara is left behind. As boxes are shifted and cupboards built, abysses begin to open up and an emotional roller coaster is set in motion. A tragicomic catastrophe film. A poetic ballad about change and transience.
- DirectorMilo RauStarsYvan SagnetMaia MorgensternEnrique IrazoquiAn authentically political, theatrical and cinematic New Gospel for the 21st century.
- DirectorRoman HodelStarsFedayi SanIshak SanSalih SanShort documentary presents a high-tension soccer match from the perspective of an ever-vigilant referee.
- DirectorGüzin KarStarsSibylle BergA featureless street on an industrial estate in Bonn - desolate, unfinished and inconspicuous. The street bears the name of a child. It is meant to commemorate the racially motivated terrorist attack that this child did not survive.